Convergence India

The long awaited Tata Sky TV(Dish TV) will be soon available to you. Tata Sky is a 80:20 joint venture between Tata and Star TV. With majority of the Telcos opting for IPTV, Tata’s took the Dish TV path while Reliance communications is still in a fix. Tata Sky intends…

Finance Ministry has favoured entry fees for autioning 3G licenses. The fees could be as high as Rs250 crores for each of the metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta. Each of the “Category A” circles (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mahrashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu) are likely to attract fees of Rs150…

Finance Ministry has favoured entry fees for autioning 3G licenses. The fees could be as high as Rs250 crores for each of the metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta. Each of the “Category A” states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mahrashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu) are likely to attract fees of Rs150…

ISD/ILD prices have fallen from a peak of Rs90/Minute to less than Rs9.0/Minute now.(Airtel offers @ Rs7.2/Minute to the US/Europe). STD/NLD Tariffs have fallen from Rs40 to Rs1.0 in IndiaOne plan and even less on Reliance & MTNL capital region plans. Local calls on Landlines have just halved(they should be…

It is a well known concept to carpool with colleagues or others in the vicinity of your workplace. Typically you goto a carpool classifieds and hook with other drivers. However, it is common to stay back at work late evenings to talk to your co-workers in the US or Europe….

Typically you goto a carpool classified website and hook with other drivers. However, it is common to stay back at work late evenings. Essentialy your return times are never fixed. But you still want to carpool, how can you do it ? Mumbai based, MESN(Mumbai Environmental and Social Network) came…

Anyuser Telecom has reduced ISD tariffs again. It now costs just Rs0.99/Minute to call the US and Canada 🙂 Another lesser known Indian firm is at the heart of innovation and leading the bleeding edge of VoIP technology – GeoDesic. GeoDesic has an IM client – Mundu for enterprises, portals…

I was determiend to find out what were the 4th cellular operators license costs in India that were auctioned of in 2001. I first looked at DOT & TRAI but I couldn’t expect more from them being government managed websites. Then I landed up on Hindu. I found two reports…